‘Restore Point’ Review: Impressively Slick Czech Sci-Fi Thriller Is Ready For the Big Time

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‘Restore Point’ Review: Impressively Slick Czech Sci-Fi Thriller Is Ready For the Big Time
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You have to admire the moxie of authors and filmmakers who set their science-fiction spectaculars in the very near future, essentially confronting viewers with what may seem a pretty outlandish for…

You have to admire the moxie of authors and filmmakers who set their science-fiction spectaculars in the very near future, essentially confronting viewers with what may seem a pretty outlandish forecast for their own lives. Those that pull it off present us with possibilities resonant enough to ponder, even when they’re too far-fetched to actively fear: So it proves in “

It could well net them, too, if “Restore Point” breaks out beyond Czech borders. The signs so far are good. U.S.-based outfit XYZ Films will release the film Stateside, and has further closed deals in Australia, New Zealand and multiple European territories; following its home premiere in Karlovy Vary’s Special Screenings section, it will make its North American debut at the genre-specific Fantasia fest.

It’s a utopian idea for a grimily dystopian world, though not everyone has embraced it: Among the holdouts is a rebel band of activists branding themselves the River of Life, who resort to terrorist acts to state their ethical opposition to scientists playing god. When David Kurlstat , the head researcher at the pioneering Restoration Institute, and his wife turn up murdered, all signs point to the protestors: More surprising is that neither has a valid backup point to enable their revival.

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